After Natalie Rex was diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia -- a rare genetic and usually fatal neurological disease -- her twin ...

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR is promising to revolutionize medicine. Some researchers are trying to help make it available for people with very rare genetic disorders.

The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) will expand its health-care packages before the end of the year to cover ...

Studying patients with PD-1 or PD-L1 deficiency may help inform new approaches to fine-tuning immunotherapies to maximise ...

"The grief spiral and the odyssey of trying to figure out what the problem is takes a really big toll on families." Baton ...

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disease characterized primarily by the formation of heterotopic ...

The Hamilton girl is heading off on a Disney-themed cruise this week but her mother, Lisa Jessop, is now worried about the ...

Multiplexed assays of variant effect are an increasingly important tool in genetic research and including more context specificity in their design would aid interpretation and discovery.

Two of Ruth McDonnell's sons suffered from the same rare neurological condition and Make-A-Wish provided both boys with gifts ...

Genomic testing involves analysing or sequencing a person’s DNA, to identify genetic changes that can help diagnose or screen ...

The Botswana Inherited Bleeding Disorders Association (BIBDA) is set to host a camp to impart knowledge on haemophilia, which ...

Inc. (UNP), a biotech developing orally-delivered macrocyclic peptides to address previously undruggable targets, announced ...